Strange. I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't pass though. What little I used to hear of the 608 wasn't great.
Smith was the only other one I knew of making an 8 shot 357 at the time, until ruger finally came out with the 8 shot Redhawk.
I have a model 65. Bought it new in 2008. Taurus' matte finish looks awful in person. I polished it with some Mothers, swapped the factory grips out with some hogues and shot the fire out of it. The trigger is absolute glass now. Strange thing is it's actually heavier than the gp100.